METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXTERNAL OPERATION OF AN ACTUATOR OF A VEHICLE

Patent №

US 10,071,706

Granted

2018-09-11

Filed 2016

Owner

VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

Lab

AI components

2

vision · planning

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

15384477

The inventive relates to a method for external operation of an actuator of a vehicle having an optical sensor.The following steps are provided: obtaining an approach of a person in an approach area of the optical sensor; determining, within an obtaining area of the optical sensor, a targeted approach of a person's steps towards an operating area of the optical sensor; and operating the actuator when a step made into the operating area of the optical sensor is determined.It is the object of the invention to simplify the operation of an actuator of a vehicle by a gesture.

VisionPlanningB60R 25/2054B60Q 1/0023B60Q 2400/50

AI classification

Planning0.96
Vision0.52
AI hardware0.17
Machine learning0.00
Natural language0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Speech0.00
Knowledge representation0.00

Ownership

VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

assignment · 408190574

Assignors

ETTE, BERND, WINTSCHE, VOLKER

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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